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SHAVING AND DRESSING STAND. No. 423,147. Patented Mar. 11, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

MARY E. GREENE, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

SHAVING AND DRESSING STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,147, dated March 11, 1890.

Application filed May 16, 1889. Serial No. 311 ,053. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY E. GREENE, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Shaving and Dressing Stand, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved shaving and dressing stand which is simple and durable in construction, easily folded up when not in use, and serves to conveniently store shaving utensils.

The invention consists of standards supporting a mirror and a box for the reception of the shaving utensils, and of legs pivoted 011 the said standards and pivotally connected with a table hinged on the standards.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as

will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as set up. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view of the same as folded up. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is an enlarged side elevation of the folding table and adjacent parts. Fig. 5 is a front view of the improvement as set up. Fig. 6 is a side elevation ofthe same. Fig. '7 is an enlarged front View of part of the improvement, and Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the same.

The improved shaving and dressing stand is provided with the two standards A, each of which is curved forward at its lower end to form a leg. The two standards are connected with each other by a board B, and in the upper ends of the standards is hung a mirror 0 on pins D, so that the mirror can be swung into any inclined position. On top of the board 13, between the standards A, is held a box E, provided with a suitable cover, and in which are partitions for the reception of the various shaving utensils to be stored therein. 011 the front end of the board 13 is hinged a table F, adapted to extend in line with the said board B or to hang downward, as is plainly illustrated in the drawings. On the under side of the table F are fastened lugs G, pivotally connected with links H, pivoted on the upper ends of legs I, fulcrumed on a rod K, secured to the standards A. Each of the legs I is curved rearward at its lower end, the curve being similar to the curve in the lower ends of the standards A, so that when legs and the standards are folded up they extend in line with each other, as is plainly shown in Fig. 3. When the legs I are ex tended, as shown in Fig. 6, the curved parts of the legs extend rearward and form a coin venient support for the standards A, so that the entire stand is self-supporting. The legs I are connected with each other near their upper ends by a rod J, which also forms the fulcrum for the link H on the legs I.

The lower rear end of each lug G is provided with a V-shaped notch G, into which is adapted to fit a correspondingly-shaped shoulder 1, formed on theupper end of the corresponding leg I. When the table F is extended horizontally in line with the board B, i

as shown in Figs. 6, 7, and S, the shoulder I fits into the notch G, so that the legs securely support the lugs G and consequently the table F.

In order to lock the table F and the legs I in place when extended, I provide a suitable lock, preferably a pin L, supported from a chain N, hung on the upper end of one of the legs I. (See Figs. 4t and 8.) The pin L is adapted to pass through apertures I in the upper end of the leg I, and through an aperture H in the link H, adapted to register with the apertures I in the legs I.

YVhen the table F is extended, as shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, and the pin L is introduced through the registering apertures I and H, the link II is locked securely in place on the leg I, and consequently the table F is also locked in place in ahorizontal position. WVhen the device is in this position, the table F serves to receive the shaving utensils removed from the box E. The operator at the same time is aided in shaving and dressing by the mirror C, supported on the upper ends of the Standards A.

When the shaving and dressing have been accomplished, the operator can conveniently store the shaving utensils in the box E, and then the table F can be folded down, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4-, by the operator first re moving the pin L, and then moving the lower assumes the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, i

and can be conveniently stored away, as it takes up Very little room. In order to hold the pin L in place when not in use for locking the legs and the table, I provide the keeper 0, secured to one of the legs, and serving to receive the pin L, as shown in Fig. 4.

Having thus'described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a shaving and dressing stand comprising standards bination,with connected standards'supportin g connected with each other, a mirror pivoted between the upper ends of the said standards, a box secured on the said standards for the reception of the shaving utensils, legs pivoted to the said standards, and a table pivotally connected with said legs and hinged on the said standards, substantially as shown and described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a shaving'and dressing stand comprising standards connected with each other, a mirror pivoted between the upper ends of the said standards, a box secured on the said standards .for the reception of the shaving utensils, legs pivoted to the said standards, a table pivotally connected with said legs and hinged on the said standards, and a lock to lock the said table and legs in place, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a shaving and dressing stand,tl1e combination, with connected standards supporting a box and a mirror, of a table hinged on said standards, lugs on the under side of said table, links pivotally connected with said lugs, and legs pivoted 011 said standards and pivotally connected with said links, the said legs engaging the lugs on the under side of the table and supporting the same in a horizontal position, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a shaving and dressing stand, the coma box and a mirror, of a table hinged on said standards, notched lugs on the under side of said table, links pivotally connected with said lugs, legs pivot-ed on said standards and pivotally connected with said links,-the said legs being provided with shoulders at their upper Q ends to fit the notches of the lugs, and a pin for locking the links and legs in place, substantially as shown and described.

MARY E. GREENE. Witnesses:

E. D. PAXSON, F. S. WARNER. 

